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John Wills, an agent with State Farm insurance, answers questions commonly asked by homeowners following damaging storms. Many in metro Kansas City may be asking those questions after a series of strong storms rolled through the area Saturday evening. Allison LongThe Kansas City Star

John Wills, an agent with State Farm insurance, answers questions commonly asked by homeowners following damaging storms. Many in metro Kansas City may be asking those questions after a series of strong storms rolled through the area Saturday evening. Allison LongThe Kansas City Star

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"The vast majority of the damage is right in Kansas City," Chris Kurtz, senior director of engineering at KC P&L said Sunday afternoon that of all the 140,000 customers that had power outage, 90,000 has been restored and the rest will take a couple of days.

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The city of Independence warned residents to stay away from areas where power lines remain down. It said crews were working as quickly as possible to restore power.

Independence Power & Light estimated that repairs would continue into Tuesday. People who have not yet reported their outages were asked to call 816-325-7550.

The city also said the Roger T. Sermon Community Center at 201 N. Dodgion St. will be open until 9 p.m. Monday for people needing to charge their electronics, shower or rest in a cool place.

The storm shows winds reached up to 80 mph over De Soto and Lenexa. The winds then blew east across the southern sections of the Kansas City metro area.

Those continuing to clean up after the storm got a break from the heat Monday when the temperature peaked at 88 — the first time since July 14 that temperatures haven’t climbed into the 90s, according to the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill.

Rape comment sets off firestorm in Ferrelview, Mo.

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Thousands of people in the metro Kansas City area were without power Sunday following strong storms that moved through Saturday night, downing power lines and tree limbs. Many spent the morning cleaning up debris and restoring electricity.

Allison Long, Joe Robertson and Robert A. Cronkleton The Kansas City Star